Wells murder trial opens after jury chosen in Texas
The Wells capital murder case begins with a 12 member jury after a two and a half hour voir dire. Wells, 54, is charged in the 1990 stabbing death of Virginia Washelesky and related burglary and assault counts. District Attorney Bland will not seek death. conviction could bring 5 to 99 years. Wells has prior convictions and parole violations.
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Johnny Lee Wells
Dean Whalen
Jason Leach
Wells
Virginia Jean Washelesky
Lubbock
Bobby Bland
Fires flare across Ector County burning 80 acres and a tank battery
Fire season in Odessa heats up as Ector County and West Odessa volunteers battle two fires near Goldsmith and West Odessa. An 80 acre grass fire started by an electrical short was fought with help from Apache crews and local units taking about three hours to extinguish with no injuries or structure damage. A second nearby blaze was stopped in about 30 minutes. A separate Tuesday night incident south of Loop 338 damaged a tank battery in an oilfield after a valve stuck and a flare ignited the line requiring Devon Energy to respond and close wells. No injuries reported.
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Odessa
Ector County
West Odessa
Goldsmith
Jimmy Ellis
Apache Corporation
Ellis
Loop 338
South Ector County
Bryan Barrow
Barrow
Devon Energy
Devon
Midland man dead after early morning crash on FM 1788
A 57-year-old Salvador Hernandez died when his freightliner left FM 1788 across its path and struck a Kenworth FedEx truck driven by Darin Gaylor. Gaylor died at the scene. Hernandez, treated for minor injuries, was later unaccounted for at Midland Memorial Hospital. No charges filed as of Tuesday.
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Midland
Highway 191
Salvador Hernandez
Hernandez
Darin Gaylor
Gaylor
Midland County
Justice of the
Peace George Zimmerman
Midland Memorial Hospital
Astronauts pay tribute to Discovery on eve of last landing
Six shuttle astronauts saluted Discovery on the eve of its final homecoming in Cape Canaveral. The world’s most traveled spaceship nears the end of a 27 year flying career and will be decommissioned before being sent to the Smithsonian. Crew noted NASA’s ships were named for great explorers, citing Henry Hudson’s Discovery and James Cook’s Discovery.
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Discovery
Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Smithsonian Institution
Henry Hudson
United States
James Cook
Hawaiian Islands
Guru fails to show for sentencing in Texas case
An arrest warrant was issued for Hindu guru Prakashanand Sara Swati after he failed to appear for sentencing in Hays County. A jury convicted him on 20 counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact involving two girls from his Central Texas ashram, with each count carrying up to 20 years. The judge revoked his bond and ordered his arrest.
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Austin
Central
Texas
Hays
Prakashan
Saraswati
Maxien Peiace
PV Prakashanand
San Marcos
Patsbanac
Hospital to update ER care at Medical Center Hospital
Ector County Hospital District board approves a yearlong ER assessment and process improvement project to cut wait times and redefine patient intake, care, and discharge. Project could boost net annual revenue by 1.2 million with total costs between 242962 and 335912 dollars. A multidisciplinary committee will be formed after the assessment and HPC will guide changes to improve how patients are seen.
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Medical Center Hospital
Ector County
Mary Thompson
Marlene McAllister
Ges
Robert Abernethy
MCH
HPC
Robert Fielder
McAllister
Abernethy
Shipkey
Deborah McPherson
Rollie Arzadon
Sandi DeRosas
Seling
South Muskingum
Nelson Avenue
Virgil Trower
Karen Holubeck-Sorsby
Medical Center
Family Health Clinic
Hammes Company
Rollover on US 190 Kills Iraan Woman
An Iraan resident was killed when a single vehicle rolled over on U.S. 190 six miles east of Iraan Saturday around 7:45 p.m. Driver Michael J. Alexander fell asleep, the car struck a guard rail and overturned. Stormee K. Nix was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. Alexander was treated and released from Iraan General Hospital.
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Iraan
U.S. 190
Ozona Department of Public Safety
Michael J. Alexander
Stormee K. Nix
Highway 190
Alexander
DPS
Nix
Justice of the Peace
James Hearne
Iraan General Hospital
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